Mission Statement

The Center for Decentralized Wastewater Management (CDWM) will improve
public and environmental health in Tennessee and the Southeastern
United States by education and training onsite wastewater professionals,
consumers, and decision makers and by advancing the science of decentralized
wastewater technology through targeted research and demonstration.

Program Description

The CDWM is a research and outreach program of The University of Tennessee's
Institute of Agriculture. The CDWM strives to support the decentralized
wastewater management industry by advancing the science and engineering
through applied research and educational programming. The two vital
components of CDWM is a staffed research laboratory and a premier onsite
wastewater training center. The research staff and laboratory is located
on the university's agricultural campus in the Biosystems Engineering and
Soil Science department. The training center is located on the Middle
Tennessee Research and Education Center near Spring Hill, Tennessee.
The CDWM has been made possible by equipment donations from the Tennessee
Onsite Wastewater Association, and by the financial support of the
Tennessee Valley Authority, the Tennessee Department of Environment
and Conservation Division of Ground Water Protection, and the Department
of Agricultural Non Source Program in cooperation with the U.S. EPA,
Assistance Agreement #C9994674-02-0.